Oregon City courier., May 18, 1916, Image 1

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SGON CITY
34th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1916
Number 9
COURIER
S
IS INTERESTING
THREE-HUNDRED DOLLARS IN
CASH PRIZES OFFERED
TO FARMERS
BIG parade will be held
Entries for Show are Received
From AH Sections of
the County '
Much interest is being displayed by
farmers throughout the county in the
livestock show which is to be held in
conjunction with the annual Booster
day celebration in Oregon City on
May 27. Some of the finest of the
blooded and registered livestock in
the county has already been entered
in their respective divisions, and at
tractive prizes that are offered on
animals of all classes will attract a
large number of exhibitors. A prem
ium list, which calls for approximate
ly $300 as cash awards to exhibitors,
has been prepared by the Booster Day
committee. Additional prizes will be
provided for if the Booster day com
mittee finds its financial standing
will permit.
The following is the complete prem
ium list to date-, any additions to be
announced through the press:
DIVISION A Best farm team
owned by farmer loaded with greatest
number of out-of-town folks, $10;
best draft team weighing over 2800
owned by farmer,' $5; best driving
team hitched to buggy, $5; best single
driver hitched to buggy, $3.50; best
saddle -horse mounted, $2.50; best
saddle horse, lady's mount, $2.50; best
saddle horse, boy's mount, $2.50; best
saddle horse, girl's mount, $2.50; best
comical rig, sustained character, $5;
best plug-ugly, mounted, $2.50.
DIVISION B Best coach stallion,
4 years old or over, $5; best percher
on stallion, 4 years or over, $5; best
Belgian stallion, 4 years or over, $5;
best Clydesdale or Shire stallion, 4
years or over, $5; best standard-bred
or Morgan, 4 years or over, $5; best
draft mares; best -Percheron,' $3.50;
best coach, $3.50; best Belgian, $3.50;
best Clydesdale or Shire, $3.50; best
standard-bred or Morgan, $3.50; best
draft colt, 1915 foal, $3.50; best draft
gelding, 1914 foal, $3.50; best draft
fillie, 1913 foal, $3.50; best draft fillie,
1914 foal, $3.50.
DIVISION C (All grades or cross
bred, over 5 years, must weight be
tween 1200 and 1400, mares or geld
ings. All colts under five years shall
not weight over 1400. The offspring
of sire and dam whose combined
weight shall be less than 2400 or more
than 2800 shall be barred from this
class. When colts are entered in this
class the name and . weight of both
, sire and dam must be given.) Best 5
years or over, all purpose mare,
weight 1200 to 1500 pounds, $5; best
5 years or over, all purpose mare,
weight 1200 to 1400, $5; geldings:
under 1 year, $2.50; over 1 year and
under 2, $2.50; over 2 and under 3,
$2.50; over 3 and under 4, $2.50; over
4 and under 5, $2.50; fillies: under 1
year, $2.50; over 1 and under 2, $2.50;
over 2 and under 3, $2.50; over 3 and
under 4, $2.50; over 4 and under 5,
$2.50.
DIVISION D Best Jersey bull, 3
years or over, $5.00; best Guernsey
bull, 3 years or over, $5.00; best Hol
stein bull, 3 years or over, $5.00; best
Jersey bull, 1 year and under 2, $2.50;
best Guernsey bull, 1 year and under
2, $2.50; best Holstein bull, 1 year and
under 2, $2.50; best Jersey calf, over
6 months and under 1 year, $2.50; best
Guernsey calf, over 6 months and un
der 1 year, $2.50; best Holstein calf,
over 6 months and under 1 year, $2.50;
best Jersey calf, either sex under 6
months, $2.50; best Guernsey calf,
either sex under 6 months, $2.60;
best Holstein calf, either sex, under
6 months, $2.50; best Jersey cow, 3
years or over, $3.50; best Guernsey
cow, 3 years or over, $3.50; best Hol
stein cow, 3 years or over, $3.50; best
Jersey cow, under 3 years, $3.00; best
Holstein cow, under 3 years, $3.00;
best Jersey heifer, $2.50; best Guern
sey heifer, $2.50; best Holstein heifer,
$2.50; best grade cow, $3.00.
DIVISION E Poland China swine,
boar, 2 years old and over, $3.00; boar,
1 year old, under 2, $3.00; boar, under
1 year, $3.00; sow, under 2 years,
$3.00; sow, under 1 year, $3.00; boar
and 3 sows under 1 year, bred by ex
hibitor, $5.00; Berkshire swine: boar,
2 years and over, $3.00; boar, 1 year
and under 2, $3.00; boar, under 1 year,
$3.00; sow tinder 2 years, $3.00; sow,
under 1 year, $3.00; boar and 3 sows
under 1 year, bred by exhibitor, $5.00;
Duroc Jersey swine, boar, 2 years and
over, $3.00; boar, 1 year and under 2,
$3.00; boar, under 1 year, $3.00; sow,
under 2 years, $3.00; sow under 1
year, $3.00; boar and 3 hogs under
1 year bred by exhibitor, $5.00; Sheep
and Goats: best Lincoln ram, $3.00;
best Lincoln ewe, $3.00; best Cots
wold ram, $3.00; best Cotswold ewe,
$3.00; best 3 goats, any breed, $5.00.
Remember the big Booster-Day
edition next week.
LIVESTOGK
HOW
BOTH LOCAL MILLS
HAVE RAISED WAGES
CROWN-WILLAMETTE OFFICIALS
ANNOUNCE TEN PER CENT
WAGE INCREASE
Stepping into the line formed by
the other large industries of the land
including its local rival, the Crown
Willamette Paper company manage
ment has announced a ten per cent,
increase in the wages of all employes
at' its mills in- Oregon City, Camas,
Wash.,- and Lebanon. The . increase
in salaries was announced on Satur
day and made effective since the first
of the present month. It will effect
a total number of approximately 1700
workmen in the three mills operated
by the company.
All men, including those who work
by the hour, will benefit by the in-,
crease and the company has thereby
added some $110,000 to its annual
payroll. In the case of the laborers
who draw the lowest prevailing wage
at the mills the increase will amount
to more than ten per cent. The men
who have been paid $2.00 a day will
hereafter draw $2.25, an increase of
12 per cent. There are about 800
men employed in the Crown-Willamette
mills in this city and with the
large number benefitted by the re
cent wage increase announced by the
Hawley Pulp & Paper company, the
monthly payroll of the city's chief
industries will add materially to the
tone of prosperity that has been hum
ming here recently.
The labor situation in the Crown
Willamette mills at Camas has been
causing the management much worry
and within a few hours after the
second small strike of the past ten
days the increase was announced and
the men who had walked out returned
to their labors. Locally there is a
question as to whether or not the
wage increase will settle the Camas
trouble. Workmen there are demand
ing time and a half for Sunday work,
and in certain departments of the
mills an additional increase is asked
for.
The Camas strike has not in any
way effected the local branch of the
Crown-Willamette industry and Ore
gon City officials of the company are
certain that the trouble in' Washing
ton town has not been so serious
as was pictured. Last Saturday the
second strike occurred at the Camas
mills, but before nightfall the men
were back at their places and work
ed all day Sunday to make up for the
time lost while they were debating
their grievances. .
BIG BOOSTER EDITION
Courier Will Do Its Part in Boosting
Big Celebration
The Courier will publish a special
Booster day edition next week for the
convenience of advertisers who appre
ciate that occasion as an excellent
advertising opportunity, and its pages
will be crowded with news of the day
that will interest every one of this
paper's large list of readers. The
events of the day will be chronicled
and a complete program of events
will have a conspicuous place.
The paper will be circulated
throughout the county in plenty of
time to permit its full perusal by
readers in time to take advantage of
anything advertised in its pages on
Saturday Booster day and it will
serve not only as a directory and pro
gram for the festivities of that im
portant day, but will be a guide to
shopping at the proper time and at
the proper places.
Merchants contemplating interest
ing the public in their wares on that
day will do well to see that their ad
vertising copy is in this office as early
as possible to insure its proper pre
sentation in the big Booster day
edition is limited and most of it has
edition is limited and most of t has
been spoken for, not only because of
the occasion, but because of the fact
that this will be one of the most
important advertising issues that The
Courier has published in many
months. We ask you to speak early
if you care to have space reserved for
your copy. -
YOUNG THIEF CAUGHT
Mountain Youth Certain in Affirming
His Innocence
After a strenuous trip into the
hills Constable Frost on Wednesday
arrested Lester Townsend, a twelve-year-old
lad whose residence is on a
homestead in the mountains back of
Colton, and not distant from the well
known "Bee" ranch. The lad is the
eon of Mr. and Mrs. George Town
send and after a severe examination
conducted yesterday afternoon by the
Constable, District Attorney Hedges
and Deputy District Attorney Thomas
A. Burke, he confessed to breaking
into the cabin of August Rakel.
From the cabin young Townsond
stole traps, guns and many other val
uable possessions of Mr. Rakel. He
turned things topsy-turvy and tore
the paper from the walls. The spoils
of his search he secreted in a lonely
spot in the mountains and will lead
the county officers to his cache today.
Upon being examined here yesterday
the boy firmly maintained his inno
cence for two hours, denying any
knowledge of the thievery or of the
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L
10 BE BEST EVER
PROGRAM FOR GLADSTONE WILL
CONTAIN THE NAMES OF
MUCH PROMINENCE ,
MUSIC WILL 8E BIG FEATURE
Directors of Various Departments
Will Have Work in Charge
This Year
Thirteen big days. And every day
will be crowded to the last hour with
the most interesting features that the
chautauqua stage knows. These 'are
the plans for the Willamette Valley
Chautauqua assembly to be held at
Gladstone Park from, July 7 to 19,
as announced by the secretary, H. E.
Cross. The session this summer is
the twenty-third annual assembly and
in all ways it is planned to make it the
best of all.
The program prepared by the of
ficers and directors of the assembly in
cludes some of the foremost talent in
the land and, although there are
features to be added, enough has been
announced to insure a splendid chau
tauqua. Among the lecturers who
are to be at Gladstone during the
chautauqua period are Lou Beau
champ, Hon. Victor Murdock, Sylves
ter A. Long, Dr. Ernest J. Sias, Dr.
Elliot A. Boyd, Frederick Vining Fish
er, S. Piatt Jones, Frederick J. Hal
ton, Charles Zueblin, Francis Labadie,
Dr. W. A. Hunsberger, Robert Parker
Mills and Dr. Sutsliffe. Among the
notable musical features announced
are the New York City Marine band,
Witepskie's Royal Hungarian orches
tra, Gullatto trio: Lyric Operatic
company, Kaffir Boy's choir, Sequoia
Male Quartette and the Comus play
ers. Shakespeare programs will be
featured during the assembly. Mrs.
Eleanor Sanford-Large is director of
this department and she is planning
several novel entertainments in com
memoration of the great bard on the
occasion of his ter-centennial.
Prof. Cowan of Portland will again
have charge of the musical program
and Miss Nola Crdtes will superintend
the junior chautauqua. Prof; Grilley,
who ha's served as head of the athletic
and physical culture departments for
a number of seasons, will again con
duct that branch of the work.
' As the date of the assembly ap
proaches more detailed plans will be
announced by those in charge. Every
effort will be made by the officers and
directors to make the 1916 assembly
the biggest and best that has ever
been held.. The officers of the assem
bly are C. H. Dye, president; George
A. Harding, vice-president; E. G. Cau
field, treasurer and H. E. Cross, sec
retary. The directors are George A.
Harding, H. E. Cross, C. H. Dye, E.
G. Caufield, George P. Armstrong,
Christian Schuebel, J. E. Jack, Emma
M.. Spooner, F. A. Olmsted, W. A.
Huntley, John W. Loder, Mrs. A, B.
Manley, Dr. George A. Hoeye, Jennie
M. Kemp and Elizabeth A. Kelly.
QUEEN CAMPAIGN CLOSES
TOMORROW NIGHT, MAY 19
J Whether Miss Rose Upte- J
grove, Clackamas county can- J
J didate for Queen of the Port- J
land Rose Festival, is to be or .
. not to be, will be known def- O
i nitely after the count of the !
last big rush of votes tomor- J
. row evening. The contest J
closes on Friday evening and J
ballots received after that time !
9 by the local committee will not J
be counted in favor of the local !
! candidate.
, The standing of the Clacka- J
l mas 'county candidate will 'ad-, v
J vance considerably over the J
ttf count today, but the committee
is not resting on its laurels. J
i News from other valley towns .
indicates that contest mana-
gers are doing everything pos- J
i sible to elect their candidates, J
. and if Clackamas county's can- J
J didate is to wear the royal !
J robes much must be accom-
J plished between now and to- J
v morrow ' night. Manager H. !
J L. Kelly and the members of J
the contest campaign commit- J
tee are addressing a last plea S
. to those who are interested in J
. seeing the local candidate ele- i
! vated ' to the queenly throne J
J and ask that every spare vote J
J and every spare ten-cent J
J piece be sent to the committee J
-1 at once." v
K" jf if jf if jf t? j? jc ji if If
Will Clean Up Cemetery
The trustees of the Beaver Creek
cemetery have issued an appeal to the
residents of. that community to turn
out in force on next Wednesday to
aid in cleaning up the cemetery.
There are many things to be done
and the more help the trustees get,
of course, the greater will be their
accomplishments. This is one of the
important features of a general clean
up campaign and the trustees empha
size the importance of getting a large
group of residents to help in the work,
ANNUA
MEETING
LIVE WIRES HEAR
A BUNCH OF TALKS
DR. GUY MOUNT IS CLUB'S KING
CANDIDATE. TWENTY-TWO
SPEAKERS PRESENT
Twenty-two cut and dried campaign
speeches were delivered to a for
bearing audience at the weekly Live
Wire meeting on Tuesday, and while
exposing the planks of their several
and varied platforms the candidates
lost no time in exposing themselves to
the public support of the large num
ber who attended the meeting.
Candidates for every nomination
at the primary election tomorrow
spoke their pieces and were thankful
for the opportunity, promising every
thing in the political category if nom
inated and elected. The majority of
the candidates would be county com
missioners - and all were wonderfully
well versed in road building and in
the methods that must be pursued to
bring about efficiency and economy in
the administration of public affairs.
Most of the candidates promised to be
"courteous" and "impartial" to all
taxpayers if nominated and elected
and every one who ispoke got away
with some such statement.
The Live Wire meeting was well
attended in view of the fact that 22
candidates were present, although
much of the business of the organiza
tion was set aside to allow the candi
dates a hearing. Manager Kelly of
the Rose Queen campaign sprung a
surprise when he announced the resig
nation of the members of the bachelor
committee. To fill the vacancies and
to increase the contest treasury,
those who did not care to become
members of the committee were forc
ed to buy the privilege. A favorable
sum was turned into the fund as a
result of this scheme.
The Live Wires unanimously elect
ed Dr. Guy Mount as a candidate for
king of the Booster day, making the
second entry into the royalty race.
Main Trunk Howland appointed a
committee to take charge of the cam
paign of the club's candidate.
BOOSTER DAY PLANS
ARE FOR BIG THINGS
ROYAL ROSARIANS TO COME;
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
INVITED
Under the direction of the publicity
committee of the Commercial club and
Manager H. L. Kelly, plans for the
Booster day celebration in Oregon
City next week are rapidly taking a
form that insures the success of the
program that has already been out
lined. New entertainment features
are being added each day and new in
terests are developing that will prob
ably result in bringing to the city the
largest crowd of merry makers that
has ever assembled here.
On Monday Manager Kelly appear
ed at a Rosarian luncheon at Portland
and outlined the scope of the Booster
day. That marching organization
voted to attend the celebration here
in a body and to order out the famous
Rosarian band. The Rosarians have
appointed a committee to have charge
of the trip to Oregon City and it is
probable that the club will come here
aboard a chartered river steamer.
They will participate in street pa
rades and in all the fun that is plan
ned for Booster dy. The band will
give public concerts during the day.
Invitations have been sent to the
Albany Pheasants, the Eugene Radia
tors and the Salem. Cherrians. It is
probable that one or more of these
organizations will be present.
At a meeting of the Fallsarians
here on Monday evening plans for the
participation of that organization in
the Booster day festivities were made.
The Fallsarians have entered Charles
T. Parker as a candidate for king of
Booster day and an active campaign
in his behalf has been started.
Plans for various street events are
being made by the committee and the
manager. An automobile parade will
be one feature of the celebration and
prizes aggregating almost $200 have
been provided for the entries in this
event. A feature that will appeal to
the youngsters is a roller skating
meet on Main street. Cash prizes
have been offered for the winners in
this event and the little folks are al
ready displaying an interest in the
several contests on skates.
The publicity committee and the
manager meet practically every day
and at each meeting new plans are
discussed for the program. Before
next week the program will have been
completed and will be of such a na
ture that to miss the Booster day
celebration will be a decided loss to
any one in the county. The city will
be prepared to receive and entertain
the largest crowd in its history and
from the present outlook such a crowd
will be in attendance.
Yesterday the committee in charge
of the Booster day program received
from Governor Withycombe a re
sponse to an invitation sent to him
asking his attendance on May 27.
The communication, addressed to
Manager H. L. Kelly, follows:
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SEWER ON TENTH
STREET DELAYED
TAXPAYERS OBJECT TO CON
STRUCTION AND MATTER
IS POSTPONED
GRADE ORDINANCES PASSED
Council Covers Unconstitutional Ac
tion by the Authorizing of .
Amendments
After many protests from property
owners in the district the city council
voted at a special meeting on Thurs
day evening to postpone action in the
matter of constructing a sewer system
m district number 10 until the first
regular meeting in 1917. Thus end
ed, temporarily, the war that has been
waging between one faction of 'the city
council and the owners of property m
district 10.
A number of property owners at
tended the hearing at the city hall
last week and objected either to the
unfairness of the assessment against
them or to the construction of the
sewer at this time. The latter were
of the opinion that the greater por
tion of the district was too far out
to require a sewer system at present,
and impressed the council with the
knowledge that it was attempting to
handle a problem that would not be
presented for solution for many years.
Some taxpayers said that the con
struction of the sewer at this time
would mean confiscation of their prop
erty and one person refused absolute
ly to pay his assessment at this time.
After urging the adoption of the
report of an assessment committee
comprising Councilmen Templeton,
Roake and Cox, the former, remark
ing that "the tail seemed to be wag
ging the dog," scored Councilman Cox
for not participating in the investi
gation conducted by the councilmanic
committee. Councilman Cox. defend
ed himself satisfactorily for his fail
ure to attend the investigation and
made a motion . that the committee's
report be laid on the table until 1917.
Councilman Metzner was the only
other one to orally support Cox in
his motion, and said that he had un
derstood before the committee made
its investigation that no immediate
action was to be taken on the report.
Councilman Cox's motion, when put
to a vote, carried easily and the re
port, together with the proposal to
construct the sewer, will not be aired
again until next year, and assessments
are void.
The special meeting was called for
the purpose of hearing objections to
the assessments, but this business was
preceeded by the appearance of a
Booster day committee asking for
financial aid for that celebration. O.
D. Eby and H. L. Kelly spoke briefly
in presenting the cause to the council
and on motion of Councilman Temple
ton, amended by Roake, the council
voted to donate $99.90 to the Booster
day festivities. .
At a special meeting of the council
held on Wednesday evening two ordi
nances re-establishing the grades of
Main street between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth .and of part of Seventh
street, passed the second reading. In
addition to this formality, for which
the special meeting was called, little
business was transacted.
The council voted a special three-
month permit for,, the removal of the
Raasch and Lamb pool hall from the
Main street room in the Andresen
building to a basement in the same
building. The city charter provides
that such places of business be locat
ed where they will be In full view of
the street and to avoid exceeding
their rights under that clause the
councilmen voted to instruct the city
attorney to prepare an amendment to
the charter which will do away with
that antiquated section. It is pro
posed to have this section revised be
fore the three-month special permit
granted last evening has expired.
City Engineer Miller presented a
revised plat of the cemetery to the
cemetery committe and the same was
accepted. By means of the new plat
it will be possible to locate the ad
dition to the cemetery on the property
it should have covered when the orig
inal plat was made by Mr. Noble,
former city engineer.
McKay Starts Suit
Stanley McKay of Donald, Ore.,
through his attorneys, Clyde Garmire
of Portland, and W. A. Dimick of
Oregon City, Friday filed suit against
John N. Sievers, justice of the peace
of the Oiegon City district, and
against Clackamas county for the re
turn of $50 bail money ordered for
feited in December by Justice Sievers.
The bail was forfeited on account
of McKay's non-attendance at time of
his trial on a charge of failing to give
one-half of the public road to Bert
and Marie Harvey. McKay was
traveling in an automobile from his
home to Portland when he met Harvey
and his sister going up the south end
road with a horse and buggy.
Full and complete program in next
issue for booster-day.
TEACHERS AGREE TO
AN INVESTIGATION
EXPRESS BELIEF THAT CON
DITION DEMANDS AIRING
FOR WELFARE OF ALL
Agreeing with The Courier in its
request for an immediate investiga
tion, and expressing their willingness
to submit themselves as parties to
such an investigation, the teachers
who have resigned their positions in
the Oregon City high school offer to
the public a statement of their atti
tude. '
In its editorial expression The
Courier held as culpable neither one
side nor the other, in the controversy
that has disrupted the harmony and
the progressive spirit of the high
school staff as a whole. The trouble
in the teaching staff is so apparently
destroying the benefit or me work of
all concerned, and is so decidedly in
imical to the interests of pupils and
school patrons that an investigation
should be conducted without further
loss of time, and the cause of the re
volt thereby determined.
In fact, this paper believes as do
the teachers, who submit the follow
ing statement of their position, that
"the issue demands attention purely
for the future good of the school."
In the following communication the
teachers in the high school agree to
any investigation the school board
sees fit to conduct:
Editor Courier:
While realizing the fair spirit of
your editorial in last week's Courier,
on the high school situation, its char-T
acter prompts this reply in order to
acquaint the public with the attitude
of the resigning teachers.
We agree with you that there is
"Something Wrong," we also agree
with you that an immediate hearing
is necessary for the best interests of
all concerned. The board has known
of our attitude for some time, but for
reasons unstated has taken no action.
We, as teachers, do not feel that it
is up to us to force the issue which
demands attention purely for the fu
ture good of the school, but we take
this opportunity to acquaint the public
with our readiness to act in this mat
ter at any time the board so wills,
for the welfare of all concerned. We
are ready for the investigation.
ELIZABETH BUSCH"
P. GREGORY CARTLIDGE
CLARENCE HAHN
C G. MINER
AGNES WINCHELL
FALLSARIANS ELECT
Marching Club Enters Parker as Can
didate for King
At a meeting of the Fallsarians on
Monday afternoon Theodore Osmund
was elected to the presidency of the
organization and in the direction of
club affairs will be assisted by C. G.
Huntley, vice-president; Thomas A.
Burke, secretary; ,M. D. Latourette,
treasurer and H. E. Williams, Cap
tain. Captain Williams took up his
duties for the year immediately by
announcing the first drill of the sea
son tonight, to be followed by strenu
ous drill periods on Sunday morning
and Monday and Wednesday evenigs.
Members who do not attend these
drills will be fined. H. L. Kelly, Percy
Caufield, Charles W. Risley, John F.
Risley, C. W. Robey, J. D. Olson and
H. G. Starkweather were elected to
membership in the Fallsarian organ
ization. Charles T. Parker was selected as
the Fallsarian candidate for king of
the Booster day celebration to be held
Saturday, May 27. - As a starter in
the campaign that will be carriad on
in Mr. Parker's behalf, 24,000 were
purchased by the members. M. D. Lat
ourette will be general manager of
this feature of the Booster day pro
gram and Mr. Parker's campaign will
be managed by a committee compris
ing G. V. Ely, J. E. Jack, F. J. Houl
ton, W. F. Tipton and J. C. Cochran.
DEAD LAD HONORED
Rev. G. N. Edwards Conducts Service
for Earl Siddons
Though his grave lie undiscovered
at the bottom of the Willamette, a
touching service was conducted on
Wednesday at the Congregational
church in honor of the memory of Earl
Siddons, the Oregon City high school
boy who .was drowned in the river
here on April 19. The Rev. George
Nelson Edwards conducted the ser
vice and paid a sentimental tribute to
the young man whose loss is mourn
ed by relatives and a host of friends
among the students who were his
classmates at the local high school.
The boy's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Siddons, of Spokane, Wash., joined the
relatives with whom the boy lived in
Oregon City, at the service yester
day. Johnston Boy Found
Oliver Johnston, who ha3 been car
rying an advertising banner through
Main street for a local furniture
store, was taken into custody by Act
ing Chief of Police Burke on Thurs
day. The boy disappeared from his
home at Wichita on the Estacada car
line, during the early part of the week
and came to this city, where he secur
ed the job of carrying the banner.
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L II
CONVENTION
BANQUET SERVED BY LOCAL
HOSTS IS FEATURE OF
ANNUAL MEETING
FIFTY DELEGATES PRESENT
Money Masters are Taken Through
Big Mills Here and Elect
New Officers .
Practically every bank in group one
of the Oregon State Banker's asso
ciation was represented at the annual
convention of the group held in Ore
gon City on Saturday. There were
more than fifty delegates present in
addition to a number of prominent
people from several sections of the
state. From the time the business
meeting was called at half past ten
on Saturday morning until the inspec
tion of local industrial centers had
been completed late in the afternoon
the bankers were kept constantly at
enjoying the. program that had been
prepared for them and there was not
one voice in the laree zrouD to dis
sent from the general opinion that
the convention was the most success
ful which group one has held. .
The business session was held at
the Commercial club and started most
auspiciously with the delivery of an
invocation by the Rev. J. K. Hawkins,
pastor of the Methodist-Episcopal
church. O. D. Eby, president of the
Commercial club, extended a hearty
welcome to the bankers and A. C.
Shute, president of the American
National Bank of Hillsboro, respond
ed. After reading the minutes of the
last meeting a very interesting ad
dress on "Cost Accounting and Bank
ing Methods, was delivered by Dean
W. Morton, of the U. of O. school of
commerce. Mr. Morton outlined, at
the conclusion of his talk, the
extent and purpose of the work that
is being carried on in the classes in
the 'school of commerce.
At the noon hour long tables set
up in the club rooms held a royal re
past for the visitors and hosts. The
dinner was one of the finest that the
club rooms have known and in justice
to the money masters who sat at the
tables it must be said they paid a fine
tribute to the viands and the cooking.
At the conclusion of the luncheon Mrs,
Eva Emery Dye delightfully enter
tained the convention with her review
of the history of Oregon City, taking
the community from its foundation to
the present and into a forecast of fu
ture greatness.
The bankers then assembled in the
club parlors and greatly enjoyed the
very instructive talk by Hector Mac
Pherson, head of the department of
economics at the Oregon Agricultural
college. Mr. MacPherson took as his
subject "Rural Credits," and cast
many interesting lights on that time
ly subject. T. H. West, traffic man-
p t i o m:ii. i i i
Hger uj. me uuaa oi niton uuhk, rort
land, and vice-president of the Amer
ican Institute of banking, spoke on
the purposes and accomplishments of
the nationul thrift rnmnaio'n that is
being sponsored by bankers through
out the nation. "Farmer" C. L.
Smith, of the O.; W. R. N. Co., inter
ested the group with his address on
"The Relation of the Banker to Agri
culture." At the business meeting called im
mediately after these addresses S. L.
Parrett, president of the United
States National bank of Newberg was
elected chairman of group one. Other
officers elected were: J. A. Thorn
burgh, president Forest Grove Nation
al bank, vice-chairman; H. B. Evans,
cashier First National bank, Canby,
treasurer; E. C. Sammons, assistant
cashier, Lumbermen's National, Port
land, secretary. Chairman Parrett
will appoint four additional members
to the executive committee at a later
date. Leroy D. Walker, president of
the Bank of Commerce of this city, is
the retiring chairman, and the newly
elected chairman was formerly vice
chairman. The local committee which had
charge of the convention and which
is given major credit for its success
included:
O. D. Eby.'T. W. Sullivan and E. E.
Brodie, representing the Oregon City
Commercial club; E. G. Caufield, cash
ier of the Bank of Oregon City; M. D.
Latourette, vice president of the First
National bank; Leroy D. Walker,
president of Bank of Commerce, rep
resenting the banks of Oregon City.
An amusing and profitable feature
of the luncheon was the hold-up stag
ed by II. L. Kelly and Ralph Shcppard.
Just at the conclusion of the meal the
gentlemen, masked, entered the room
and commanded the guests to contrib
ute to the Rose Queen contest cam
paign. Little Winifred Ball, garbed
prettily and with many fresh blossoms
pinned to her dress, paraded on the
table with a basket and a pistol, sell
ing the flowers she carried. The
"stunt" netted the campaign commit
tee more than $20. The idta of hold
ing up the bankers was conceived by
Mr. Kelly and Mr. Sheppard and was
not known either to the visiting bank
ers or to their hosts.
BANKERS
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